Can you actually bend elements?

The only case of any one person being able to bend multiple elements is the Avatar, who has the ability to practice all five bending arts. The four elemental bending arts are all dependent on the energy, or chi, within the human body, relying on its flow through the body to manipulate a specific element.

What percent of the population can bend in Avatar?

Sometimes benders seem like a gifted rarity and other times they are the norm. The Air Nomads – one of the four nations, is 100\% benders. So one might say 25\% of the world right there – although that doesn’t really matter now since they’re all dead except for Aang.

Can the Avatar stop a bullet?

They can block bullets. However they are not invincible to bullets. AK-47s have shown to shatter concrete blocks and 50 caliber sniper rifles just obiterate them.

What percent of the population are benders?

It is established early on that not every person in the world is a bender. The actual percentage of benders is unknown, but there appears to be a general consensus that an estimated 30\% of the world’s inhabitants are benders.

Does firebending exist?

Firebending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the pyrokinetic ability to control fire. It is unique among the bending arts, as it is the only one in which the performer can spontaneously generate the element. The Earth Kingdom also has a small firebending minority.

Can the Avatar give bending to non benders?

No, the Avatar doesn’t have the power to gift bending to those who are non benders other wise Aang could have returned the Air Nomads to the world. If you watch the Legend of Korra, you learn that bending was given as a gift by the spirits to humans.

Why is there no guns in Avatar?

Due to the Technological advancement of the Avatar world by the end of LoK its feasible for WW1 bolt action or perhaps machine guns to be invented.

Are most people in Avatar benders?

Unless you’re part of the Air Nomad culture, actually implied that benders are in the minority in most nations. Bending has to do with spirituality, the more spiritual you are the greater chance you have in becoming a bender. The Air Nomads were a theocracy, thus never ran into a bender shortage.